It is reported today that Iranian minister of internal affairs-which is the organizing body of the election- has announced a warning on what he mentioned as unlawful approach of
When I read "this article":http://news.ft.com/cms/s/05e6eb14-cf14-11d9-8cb5-00000e2511c8.html from the Financial Times, I was reminded of the extraordinary courage
This from the BBC bq.
Mr Rafsanjani, who says he is against extremism, has been trying to dispel the widely held belief that he is one of Iran's
We learned today that Moin would run as a candidate. Contrary to what he said before in protest against the Guardian Council.
He has released a "statement":http:
It is always a wonder for many who have been in favor of reform why reformists are facing such a decline in public support while the need for change has
Referendum leader and former Revolutionary Guard founder Mohsen Sazegara spoke to an audience at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy the other day about the upcoming Iranian elections. He
Laura Secor has an interview in the Boston Globe Ideas section with Gene Sharp, the author of a pamphlet, From Dictatorship to Democracy, that has been used by pro democracy
Today is a turning point in European history and I find myself in disagreement with Neal Ascherson AND Will Hutton AND Timothy Garton Ash AND Danny Cohn-Bendit! The first
It is hard to think what Moeein should do considering this situation. Hoder has made a very interesting survey (Link to his post) with the e-pool he designed that
Over the past weeks, I've been helping to coordinate openDemocracy's blog on the Iranian elections, Iran Scan 1384. It's piqued my curiosity for the
A group of Britain's leading industrialists has written to the prime minister urgently demanding long-term policies to combat climate change, reports Roger Harrabin:
The heads of the
When Rafsanjani finally announced he would run for president, many in Tehran knew he had just left a private meeting with Khamanei, the Supreme Leader. This, to many, was a
